Back in the old days, leftover batter was put into tiny tins and when they turned the ovens off, they used the residual heat from the ovens to bake these tiny cakes, then thinned out the leftover frosting and poured that over the cakes and voila -- petit fours were born!!

I never freeze uncooked batter, but I do bake any extra bater into small 6" cakes and/or cupcakes. It's handy to have a couple of cakes or a batch of cupcakes for last minute requests or tastings. I also take them to the farmer's market I sell at.

I also freeze my left over batter. I used to just make extra 6 inches or whatever size the batter would make. I find it a lot easier on storage and on time if I'm running behind to freeze it. It works perfect for me. I just put it in a freezer bag. When it thaws out I just cut the corner and squeeze it into the pan. hth

I make small 4" or 6" cakes to freeze for tastings. Makes last minute tastings much easier.

Over the past few weeks I took the left overs from a vanilla cake, chocolate cake, and strawberry cake and made 8" flower rounds to freeze for my daughter's birthday cake. Then last weekend I took those extras and did a layer of chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, strawberry cake, strawberry filling, and then vanilla cake to make a neapolitan cake.

I too have began to freeze my batter. It works great. I am doing a tasting this weekend and have a lot of batter left over....so I placed them in freezer storage bags and then placed that bag into another plain plastic grocery bag and pop in the freezer!! Works great and comes in very handy!!!

A frozen cake will taste great after it is thawed. I think even better than ones that are not frozen. Just wrap it well in plastic wrap and let it thaw completely before you ice it. If you are putting two layers together with icing in between layers, you can do that while they are still frozen, then wrap again in plastic and let come to room temp before icing.

I'll bake it, then break it apart, freeze it in a ziplock for making cake balls. Or if I have time, I'll mix the cake ball ingredients into it, then freeze it. When I need cake balls, just thaw, roll and dip. Easy peasy!